Event Comment: This day publish'd at 3s. Printed on Five sheets of superfine paper, Five Principal Scenes in
Romeo and Juliet, designed, drawn, and engraved by
Mr Ant. Walker. Printed and sold by
John Tinney, at the
Golden Lion in
Fleet St. The drawing and Engraving of the three following Plays of
Shakespeare are in great
forwardness, and the scenes of each play will be sold at a time:
1 Henry IV,
2 Henry IV,
Merry Wives. These plates will serve
for Mr Pope's edition of Shakespeare in quarto,
Sir Thomas Hanmer's edn. 6 Vol. quarto, or
for any of the Folio editions. And may be framed and glazed
for furniture. There will be a few sets neatly coloured
for Gentlemen and Ladies who chuse them so (
Public Advertiser). [A set of these prints is available in the
Folger Shakespeare Library. The Five Principal Scenes were: The scene in
Capulet's Housev where
Romeo kisses
Juliet 's hand; the
Balcony Scenev ; the scene in which
Friar Lawrence hurries the young couple off to be married; the
Apothecary scenev ; and the
death scenev . If, as may be, these scenes were taken from--as they were certainly stimulated by--the
Barry-
Nossiter production, they may present a good likness of
Maria Isabella Nossiter, who so captivated
London that season. If, also, they were taken from the theatre production, they give evidence that Barry used a balcony, not only a window.